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Co-dependency in mothers of addicted persons: Data from Bulgaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

D. Ivanova*
Affiliation:
South-West University Neofit Rilski, Department of Psychology, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
V. Giannouli
Affiliation:
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
*
* Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Co-dependent relationships are characterized as a type of dysfunctional helping relationship in which there is an excessive reliance on other people for approval and identity. This is very common for female relatives who support/enable another person's addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, and/or irresponsibility.

Objective

The aim of the present study is to reveal the co-dependence profile of mothers of addicted persons in Bulgaria.

Method

Four hundred Bulgarian women coming from Blagoevgrad, Sofia and Stara Zagora (Mage = 53.55, SDage = 5.58; level of education: 71% with high school degree, 29%with university degree; all mothers of addicted persons) were examined at the Municipal Council on Drug Addiction Blagoevgrad with the STAI-state questionnaire, the ZUNG Self Rating Depression Scale and the Questionnaire of Establishment of Codependency.

Results

Results indicated that in a scale of scores ranging from 2 = minimum to 4 = maximum of co-dependence, this group of women had high self-reported levels of co-dependence (M = 3.6375, SD = .52610), a high depressive profile (M = 49.07, SD = 3.23, and high state anxiety (M = 66.60, SD = 5.58).

Conclusions

The present research suggests that mothers of dependent individuals in Bulgaria show a high level of co-dependency, anxiety and depression. Future research should clarify the reasons of this overall negative emotional profile.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EV1348
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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